Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1881 — The More Dogs the Less Trust. [ARTICLE]

The More Dogs the Less Trust.

A correspondent of a Western exchange, writing from a town in Indiana, says: One evening I was in Musher’s grocery stove, speaking withone of the clerks, when a lady came in and asked the proprietor if he would trust her for some goods for a few days. The lady was well dressed, and I was rather surprised when, after asking her where she lived, where she had been trading and the like, he asked: “ Do you keep dogs ? ” The lady looked somewhat astonished at this question, but, as she was anxious to open an account at the establishment, she answered, after a moment’s hesitation : “Yes.” “ How many ? ” asked the grocer. “Oh, only one.” The lady got her goods and departed, after which Musher said to me : “ Do you know that woman ? ” “No, sir; I do not.” “ Did you hear me ask her if she keeps dogs?” “Yes.” “ Well, you know why I asked that ?” “ I am sure I do not.” “Well, sir, this is the rule I go by. If a person keeps only one dog, I am pretty sure of my pay. On this recommendation I trust them one week; if they keep two, only three days, but if they keep three dogs I wouldn’t open an account with them if they owned half the town.”